Yes. Signed with the A's for $4.25 million in 2008. Generally considered one of the top guys in the international pool for that signing period. Had TJS early in his career and had some other nagging injuries. I don't buy the "there's no such thing as a pitching prospect (TNSTAAPP)," but they can be risky investments.
Of course it's true that if the Braves take on more salaries they will move up on these lists, what point are you proving?
I'm stating that it's disappointing that we traded Jaime's contract so that it's easier to absorb a young controllable starter's salary. At a payroll that's 30 million less than league average, I would hope we wouldn't have to do that.
http://www.spotrac.com/mlb/payroll/
Just pointing out that it appears the brass' plan at this point is to "solve" 3B with money this winter. If you add a controllable SP on the cheap, they can just throw money at a Moustakas or Frazier. Then that window to compete opens a lot quicker. Spending the money on veteran pitching this year did exactly what it was designed to do - buy the development time for our back of the rotation guys so that money could be spent to fill the couple of holes where we have no immediate answers.
Gray/Folty/Julio/Dickey/Newcomb, Wisler, Sims with Ender, Albies, Freddie, Kemp, Moustakas, Flowers, Markakis, Swanson/Camargo is suddenly a legitimate contender as early as next season with Acuna/Wright/Soroka/Allard knocking on the door to potentially provide a big second half boost.
If (obviously as yet to be determined) they're serious about being in the Top 10 in payrolls moving forward and go get that inexpensive SP, you could even potentially add a 3B and Wade Davis next year. I'd imagine the outlook for that team would be quite different than what the 2018 outlook is as of today.
Has there EVER been a statement and question a certain someone should absolutely never have made and asked publicly more than...
Kinda pathetic to see yourself as a message board knight in shining armor. How impotent does someone have to be in real life to resort to playing hero on a message board?
Ynoa is a roll of the dice, but it's not like he's a guy who just fell out of the sky. It would have been nice to get someone closer to the big leagues, but it doesn't appear that the market was there for Garcia. I wonder what the offers from other organizations looked like.
Ariel
3:22 Sonny Gray has a start today. You think A's sit him down in case of any trades?
Steve Adams
3:24 Only if they're in pretty advanced talks at the time the start is nearing. Otherwise I expect him to make the outing. Even if he gets rocked for 5-6 runs, it's not going to impact his value as long there's no injury at play. The notion that one great or bad start can alter a player's trade value is utter nonsense. Some tried to suggest that Jaime Garcia's two starts prior to his trade "really increased his trade value," and he was (predictably) dealt for an underwhelming return.
Additionally, this trade was yet another example of the Braves giving up future value in favor of "win now" assets. They could have paid Garcia's salary and gotten a better return, but instead they chose to save money to spend on additions this year.
This has been a disturbing trend that has occurred frequently during the rebuild.
Ventura's Stolen Bases
Maybe. Or it could be scouting that they liked this guy.
I think Coppy has earned a pass on small deals. I think he's batting 1000 on little deals. Coppy making big deals or signing free agents has me scared. Coppy turning nothing much into something interesting I like the track record.